In the dark of night, the skies were overcast with clouds that rolled and churned violently. The wind blew harshly, swaying the strongest tree in the woods to the point of breakage. The rumble of thunder caused the ground to shudder like a cold winter breeze upon one's back. Lightening flashed across the sky, briefly bringing light to the darkness of the forest.

That lightening briefly revealed the movement of a lone figure standing in the forest. The second flash of lightening, accompanied by the roar of thunder revealed more movement from the lone figure in the midst of the woods. Their movement was more startled, almost frantic as they could be heard whimpering over the howling of the wind.

"W-Where am I?" the figure in the dark spoke.

In the clearing a large crater has been formed. Scorched earth, smoldering red and melted rock glowed, and the smell of burnt timber and wood permeated, A small creature sat in the center of the crater.

The creature was what one would describe a small miniature horse. But that's were the similarities ended, and more bizarre features of the small horse began.

For one, despite the darkness. The small horse possessed a set of wings, one would think it was a miniature Pegasus. However another flash of lightening was soon followed by a soft glow from the Small horse's head. Illuminating the area with a five foot radius of soft purple or pink light. The glow originated from the small horse's head, upon it's forehead, a conical spiral horn could be seen.

"That's better." The small horse, or more accurately, Pony said with a prominent feminine voice. "Ugh, what happened?"

The pony looked around, all around she saw trees, clouds, and the occasional flash of lightening. She felt the rumble of the thunder through the ground.

"This, this isn't.... Where Am I!?" The pony said more to herself more than to anyone in particular. "Oh I hope Spike and the others are okay. I shouldn't have just left them like that!"

After getting her bearings, The pony turned again. "There has to be a way out of this forest!" She shouted over the howling winds as she made a guess and hoped to the higher powers that be she made the best choice and began her trek out of the crater and through the trees.

As she walked through the woods, she took note of how unusual the trees were. they were like silent sentinels standing vigil, as though guarding some unknown secrete lost to time.

"Come on Twilight. There has GOT to be a way out of this forest!" The pony known as Twilight whispered to herself.

The walk felt as though it went on for eternity. There didn't seem to be an end to this forest. As she walked, Twilight felt a forbidding presence in the woods. Like she shouldn't be there, like her presence wasn't welcomed. Then she felt something move through the trees.

"Just calm yourself, Twilight." She said to herself as she caught sight of a shadow darting between the trees. She swiveled her ears, hoping to catch any sounds of something moving with her, but all she heard was the storm and the wind.

"There's nothing out here." Twilight kept trying to tell herself. But being a herbivore, her prey instinct told her different.

She was being hunted.

'AAAH-OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!'

That sound brought Twilight's blood to run ice cold. She knew several animal calls from her times in the Everfree Forest. That sound was unmistakable, and well known to any pony who heard it.

"O-oh no..."

Twilight's eyes widened as she looked around, hoping her mind was playing tricks, that the wind was making weird sounds. "M-maybe the wind blew through a hole in a tree or some branches in a natural arrangement caused the sound?"

Her hopes died the second she heard the snarling and barking.

'AH-OOOOOOOOOOOHHHH!'

There was no doubt now. Wolves have caught her scent!

Twilight stayed where she was, her instincts told her to run. But she knew better. Wolves were renown to use that strategy to tire out their prey. She had only one way to save herself.

Twilight looked around as she soon spotted several wolves, a total of four emerging from the forest. They weren't Timberwolves, luckily. But no less a formidable threat. Worse, there was four of them, and those were the ones she COULD see and these were quite large. Not just in terms of muscle and bulk, but in size they were nearly to her nose! The snarls and howling of other wolves were echoing through the woods, these were scouts.

The four wolves snarled and licked their teeth, Twilight's magic light causing their teeth to shimmer in the light. The drool dribbling from their mouths made the intention clear. They were hungry.

From first glance, one could tell they haven't eaten in well over a week. Twilight knew running was a bad idea. Not just because they were circling her, but she knew they won't be easy to give up.

The wolves snarled and the first made it's move. A series of savage barks called Twilight's attention as one of the four wolves charged at her, snapping it's jaws. It's intent was clear. It wanted fresh pony flesh and Twilight was no doubt the perfect meal for a pack of famished wolves.

The wolf was mere inches from it's prey, but before It's open maw, filled with huge jagged teeth could catch her, Twilight did something the wolves weren't expecting. She shot the wolf with a beam of Magical energy.

The wolf yelped, flying and sprawling the moment it landed on the ground. The wild beast quickly got up as it snarled at the Pony.

"I'm not going to be your meal, so GET!" Twilight shouted as her horn charged another blast. Her body moving in a defensive stance. "YAAAAHHH!" She shouted, trying to scare the wolves away.

It was one hundred percent ineffective. And only served to do the one thing the wolf was wanting. To distract her.

As soon as she shouted at the one wolf, the others quickly followed suit, They began to charge all at once. One wolf trying to go at the pony's throat but was rewarded instead with a magic blast in the face. Another pounced on her back and bit down on her shoulder as the third bit down on her rear leg.

Twilight screamed out in pain as she stumbled back as the the wolf that had her leg pulled her back, soon other wolves got the scent of her blood and more joined in the attack.

"No!" Twilight shouted as she charged her magic, trying hard to concentrate through the pain.

Once her magic charged enough she formed a five foot radius blast of magic around her, knocking the wolves away from her long enough to make a quick escape.

Through the charge of adrenaline and the will to survive, Twilight galloped through the woods. The trees did little to slow down the wolves who quickly got back at her hooves, Trying to get another bite into her rear legs, every wolf that tried this was quickly given reason that it was not the best strategy when they were either bucked square in the nose or blasted away with a beam of magic.

Twilight continued to run for her life, She couldn't stop, she knew if she did she'd be torn to pieces by the wolves. The sounds of running paws on forest floor and their snarls, barks, and howling told her there was well over ten of them.

"The pack must be huge!" She thought. "That or it's several other packs joining forces. If it weren't the fact they are trying to 'EAT ME!' I'd be fascinated."

Twilight continued running, she weaved through the trees. Trying to use the woods itself to slow the wolves gain on her. But both to her dismay and relief. The trees began to get thin, and a light was seen at the end of the forest boarder.

"Light!" Looking back she saw the wolves were on her tail, literally, one wolf took a snap at her tail. "KYAH!" Twilight yelped, she swiftly she raised her rear hoof and bucked the wolf so hard the sound of it's skull being cracked was heard as it fell to the ground.

This didn't stop the wolves, only fueling their efforts more as they started to gain on Twilight.

Once they left the forest, Twilight began to look around. her search for safety was quickly rewarded as the source of the light belonged to a small house. The shadows in the windows from the light beaming from them called her attention.

"HELP ME! WOLVES! HELP!" Twilight shouted, she looked back as the wolves were now at her flanks. They outran her in a clear terrain and they were making use of it.

She tried hard to keep the wolves at bay, using her magic to blast them away when they strike. "HELP!" She called out again, praying that the pony in the building heard and they would come to her rescue. "PLEASE! WOLVES ARE---- GAH!"

Whatever she had intended to shout was cut off as soon as one of the wolves pounced on her, knocking her off balance and pinning her to the ground on her back. despite their starved condition, one wolf proved he was heavy enough to keep Twilight pinned, and didn't hesitate long to take advantage of the situation.

Twilight screamed out in terrible pain as the wolf clamped down in a vice like grip as he bit down on her foreleg, shaking violently trying to pull the limb out of the way to go for her throat.

"NO!" Twilight shouted as she charged up her magic, but she was magically exhausted, and the wolf knew it. She cried out again as the wolf shook her foreleg more violently. "AAAH!"

Tears streamed from her eyes as she tried to kick the beast off. This only severed to encourage the wolf more as he tried to go for her throat.

Soon the others attacked, The four from before began to bite down on her legs shaking at them violently, Twilight could only scream in pain and cry tears, this wasn't how she would image her life would end. She wanted her friends to arrive, to save her from the wolves. for everything to be okay.

But nothing happened, and the next sound that she heard was a snap of bone.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Twilight screamed, more tears fell from her eyes, She felt the bone in her rear leg, below the knee snap from the tugs of the wolf pulling and shaking violently. The pain was worse then the wolves bites alone. That's when she made her greatest mistake.

When her leg broke, and the pain got to her, she let go of the wolf that had her front foreleg, with nothing holding him back, he took the moment and reared up, his massive jaws filled with teeth, no doubt the same that was first to attack Twilight before, readied himself to take the final bite. They earned their food and all that is needed now is the final killing bite. Twilight knew it, and closed her eyes ready for the end of her life, she just prayed it was swift.

"BOOM!"

Twilight's Eyes opened as the wolf that had her pin yelped. The side of the wolf's torso erupted as something ripped clean through his body. The force of the blow was powerful enough to knock him off her.

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

More shots rang as the wolves that had Twilight's legs were hit, two fell from their wounds. One had a wound in it's head, the other was similar to the first.

The third wolf however only suffered a leg wound, but the message was clear as it and the rest of the pack made a quick escape.

Twilight shuddered as she turned to her side, she had several bleeding wounds, and one broken leg, but she was alive, thanks to her unknown savior. She whimpered as she crawled to the source of the booms. sobbing from the pain from doing so.

"P-Please. Please help me... I---" Twilight stopped mid sentence as she saw who her savior was.

They weren't a pony, that much was sure. Standing just three feet from her was a towering being. It had a tall yet slim frame, it put Twilight in mind of that Unicorn, Fleur De Lis Rarity told her about. It stood upright on two legs, it's front legs were holding a long stick that ended in a tube, the hole of which was smoking with black residue from it's lip. long dark hair whipping behind it from the wind. The creature looked down at her with blue eyes. They were wide, as though Twilight was the most unusual thing it's ever seen.

"Oh... My.... God...." The creature said. it's voice was feminine, she lowered the stick and held out a shaking hand. "W-What the hell are you!?"

Twilight raised her blood soaked shaking hoof, her eyes streamed of tears from the pain the simple motion brought her. "P-Please! I... I n-need Help, I need----I-I I.... uuuhhh...." And like that, Twilight collapsed, exhaustion and blood loss taking their tole.

Author's Note

Prologue complete. Next will be the first chapter. Enjoy!